See text Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae.

Species in this genus are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of China.

The genus Aethopyga was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.

[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with pugē meaning "rump".

[2] The type species was designated as the crimson sunbird by George Robert Gray in 1855.